Quick Facts of Linda MacLennan

  • Full NameLinda MacLennan
  • Date of Birth25 May, 1956
  • NicknameLinda
  • Marital Status Divorced
  • BirthplaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Ethnicity White
  • ProfessionJournalist
  • Nationality American
  • Active Year1985
  • Eye colour Blue
  • Hair colour Blonde
  • Online PresenceInstagram, Facebook and Twitter
  • Children3
  • Horoscope Gemini
Linda MacLennan

It’s not a easy to spend your whole life working on the same field. But, with hard work and determination, former television news anchor and reporter Linda MacLennan made it possible. MacLennan spent more than three decades working as a reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago.

Linda became a part-time anchor for WBBM-AM Chicago. The now 64 years old was a married woman. Also, she has three children with her ex-husband. What’s her relationship status as of now? How rich is Linda? To know MacLennan in detail, read the whole article.

Native of Toronto, Ontario

Linda MacLennan was born on May 25, 1956, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the daughter of a Canadian father, Douglas R. MacLennan, and an American mother, Miriam Hedge. Her father worked as a director with the Fitness Institute in Toronto while her mother is a teacher.

She received a degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Linda is naturalized American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity.

Rose to Fame

MacLennan decided to pursue a career in print journalism but switched to broadcasting after a college internship at CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Ontario. She co-anchored Canada AM on CTV from 1985 to 1987. Linda left CTV to join WBBM-TV in Chicago as a reporter and late afternoon co-anchor in March 1987.

Linda MacLennan with her co-anchor
Linda MacLennan(right) on-air, Photo Source: alchetron

She then became WBBM-Tv’s 10 p.m. co-anchor, replacing Walter Jacobson in the anchor chair along with Bill Kurtis.  Also, she appeared on the pilot episode of Early Edition as a newscaster.

Husband-David Rammelt

The 64 years old Linda is currently single happily living with her children. However, she was previously married to David Rammelt. Her husband, Rammelt, is a Chicago attorney. The couple dated several years before exchanging their vows. The former couple married in front of their friends and family in 1992. Although the couple had a great starting, they failed to continue their relationship for a long time.

Unfortunately, Linda and David ended their marital relationship into divorce.  Their divorce was finalized in 2014.  After divorce, Linda remains single and lived her life, raising her three children.  Their children, Taylor Albert, Carson Charles, and Charlotte Grace Nelson Rammelt, are growing.

How rich is Linda MacLennan?

Linda MacLennan has earned an impressive amount from her works as a television news anchor and reporter. Even though she is already retired from her job, she was one of the sucessful journalists back at the time. Also, she spent most of her career working for WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois. According to paysa, the average salary of the news reporter in WBBM-TV is $124408 ranging from $97994.

Since she was one of the experienced journalists,s she might have received more than the estimated one. However, the 65 years old newscaster hasn’t revealed the exact figure of her salary and net worth in the media.  But, with her hard works and dedication, she might have made her net worth is around $2 million. Currently, she is living her life in a million dollars life mansion.